Commonwealth-perk op de Gemeentelijke begraafplaats van Florennes

Op het Commonwealth-perk van de gemeentelijke begraafplaats van Florennes rusten de vijfenzeventig gesneuvelde vliegeniers die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog naar de Duitse basis gebracht werden om er begraven te worden. Heel wat van hen waren het slachtoffer van de nachtjagers die vanop Florennes opereerden.

ALBRECHT, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), JOHN MARTIN BEART, 569046. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 3rd December 1942. Age 23. Son of Martin Herbert Beart Albrecht and Dorothy Mary Beart Albrecht; husband of Betty Joan Mary Beart Albrecht, of Exeter. Row 1. Grave 6.

BAILEY, Flying Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.), WILFRED EDWARD, 136031. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Row 5. Grave 70.

BETTS, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), ELMER, 642091. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 4th July 1943. Age 25. Son of Maud Mary Betts, and stepson of Leonard Arthur Amos, of Ashford, Kent; husband of Marjorie Betts. Row 3. Coll. grave 35-38.

BLACK, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), DOUGLAS ALLAN, R/84830. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th August 1943. Row 5. Coll. grave 63-65.

BODEN, Sergeant (Air Gnr), STANLEY, 1029429. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th February 1943. Age 20. Son of James and Margaret Moss Boden, of Sankey, Lancashire. Row 1. Grave 11.

BROADBENT, Sergeant (Air Gnr), ROBERT CHARLES, R/176158. 620 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 31st July 1943. Age 21. Son of Charles Frederick and Mary Broadbent, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Row 4. Grave 55.

BROWN, Sergeant (Obs.), ERLIN LESLIE ROSS, 1263694. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd December 1942. Age 30. Son of Frank and Winifred Jessie Brown; husband of Frances Eileen Brown, of Welford, Northamptonshire. Row 1, Grave 3.

BUDREAU, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.), JACK GALE, J/17497. 426 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th April 1943. Age 24. Son of John L. and Laura M. Budreau, of Kenora, Ontario, Canada. Row 2. Coll. grave 17-20.

CAMPBELL, Pilot Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.), WILLIAM CLAYTON, J/18331. 432 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 27. Son of William D. and Maynie Campbell; husband of Christina Mary Campbell, of Glasgow. Row 4. Grave 45.

CLACK, Sergeant (Air Gnr), MATTHEW HENRY, 910303. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th June 1943. Age 28. Son of Albert and Mary Clack, of Maida Vale, London. Row 3. Grave 30.

COOK, Sergeant (Air Gnr), ERNEST DESMOND, 1609864. 75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 15th April 1943. Age 19. Son of Ernest and Esther Cook, of Kintbury, Berkshire. Row 2. Grave 21.

DAWSON, Sergeant (Air Gnr), ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, 1813538. 428 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 14th July 1943. Age 19. Son of Archibald Douglas Dawson and Beryl May Dawson, of Battersea, London. Row 4. Grave 50.

DYSON, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), CARSON LYLE, R/122956. 432 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 21. Son of George and Mary Ethel Dyson, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Row 4. Grave 41.

ELWELL, Sergeant (Air Bomber), BERTRAM, 519416. 75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 15th April 1943. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26.

EPATHITE, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), JOHN WILLIAM, 1288043. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th February 1943. Age 24. Son of George William and Lilian Epathite, of Isleworth, Middlesex. Row 1. Grave 13.

EVANS, Flight Sergeant (Bomb Aimer), JAMES HENRY, R/138303. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th August 1943. Age 24. Son of George W. and Elizabeth Evans; husband of Genevieve R. Evans, of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. Row 5. Coll. grave 63-65.

EVANS, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), SYDNEY FREDERICK, 1134492. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 33. Husband of Dorothy Cooper Evans, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Row 5. Grave 66.

FORD, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), WILLIAM JOHN, 657853. 620 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 31st July 1943. Age 28. Son of Arthur Edward and Annie Ford, of Keynsham, Somerset. Row 4. Grave 56.

FOSTER, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), STANLEY, 1144201. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Row 3. Coll. grave 35-38.

FRANKLAND, Sergeant (Obs.), RICHARD HENRY, 1482156. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th February 1943. Age 21. Son of Ernest and Margaret Frankland, of Sleights, Yorkshire. Row 1. Grave 12.

FRASER, Flight Sergeant, ALBERT THOMAS, 416561. Royal Australian Air Force. 10th July 1943. Age 23. Son of Thomas Mouat Anderson Fraser and Lilian Fraser, of West Croydon, South Australia. Row 3. Grave 39.

FREEMAN, Sergeant (Air Gnr), RONALD WILLIAM, 1210564. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 23. Son of Charles and Ella Lydia Freeman; husband of Irene May Freeman, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire. Row 3. Grave 33.

GETTINGS, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), FRANK, 1082024. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th June 1943. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gettings, of Crookhall, Consett, Co. Durham. Row 3. Grave 29.

GLASS, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), RONALD FRANK, R/180332. 102 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th July 1943. Age 20. Son of Hilliard Clarke Glass and Laura Edith Glass, of Kirkfield Park, Manitoba, Canada. Row 3. Grave 41.

GOODFELLOW, Warrant Officer Class II (W. Op./Air Gnr.), JAMES RICHARD, R/90240. 428 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 23. Son of Victor P. and Sally L. Goodfellow, of London, Ontario, Canada. Row 4. Grave 54.

GRAINGER, Pilot Officer (Nav.), JAMES KENNEDY, 42295. (75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 15th April 1943. Age 21. Son of William Grainger and of Ida Grainger (nee Main), of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Plot 2. Coll. grave 22-26.

GRAY, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot), KENNETH MACGREGOR, C/10383. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th August 1943. Age 29. Son of William Henry and Mollie Adeline Gray, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Row 5. Coll. grave 63-65.

GREEN, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), REGINALD THOMAS CHARLES, 1211032. 75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 15th April 1943. Age 27. Son of Ernest and Miriam Amelia Green; husband of Edna Daisy Green, of Medbourne, Leicestershire. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26.

GREEN, Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.), WILLIAM, 155206. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 22. Son of William Thomas Green, and of Alice Rose Green, of Manor Park, Essex. Row 5. Grave 72.

HANNA, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), JAMES, R/110175. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th August 1943. Age 26. Son of John and Margaret Hanna, of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Row 5. Grave 60.

HEHIR, Pilot Officer (Nav./Bomber), JOHN, J/19730. 426 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th April 1943. Age 24. Son of Matthew J. and Bridie Hehir, of Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. Row 2. Coll. grave 17-20.

HODGSON, Sergeant (Pilot), THOMAS, 1030199. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th February 1943. Age 22. Son of Johnny Hartley Hodgson and Clara Hodgson, of Colne, Lancashire. Row 1. Grave 14.

HOLE, Sergeant (Nav./Bomber), ARTHUR CHARLES, 1338760. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th February 1943. Row 1. Grave 15.

HOLMES, Sergeant (Air Gnr), NEVIL TEMPLE, 1335294. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 10th August 1943. Row 5. Grave 58.

INGRAM, Sergeant (Air Gnr), ROY HENRY, 1607348. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 20. Son of William Henry and Pearl Kathleen Ingram, of Fratton, Hampshire. Row 3. Grave 32.

KENDALL, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), JOHN TOPHAM, R/178673. 61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th August 1943. Age 24. Son of Richard and Charlotte Annie Kendall, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Row 4. Grave 57.

KENYON, Sergeant (Pilot), ROBERT FRANCIS HUGHES, 1391871. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd December 1942. Row 1. Grave 2.

KING, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), HENRY, 1025718. 405 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 10th August 1943. Age 29. Son of James and Harriet King; husband of Isabella King, of Carluke, Lanarkshire. Row 5. Coll. grave 63-65.

KWASNEY, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), WILLIAM, R/134910. 408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 17th April 1943. Age 21. Son of Louis and Catherine Kwasney, of Teulon, Manitoba, Canada. Row 2. Grave 28.

LAMB, Flying Officer (Nav.), ROBERT KENNETH, 130389. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 26. Son of Archibald James Lamb and Jessie Lamb, of Hornsey, Middlesex. Row 3. Coll. grave 35-38.

LEE, Flight Sergeant (Bomb Aimer), HOWARD OSBORNE, R/142160. 432 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 21. Son of Charles William and Edith A. Lee, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Row 4. Joint grave 46-47.

LEVINS, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), GEORGE, 1077553. 426 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 10th April 1943. Row 2. Coll. grave 17-20.

LEWIS, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), AUBREY LEWIN, 42420. 15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 11th August 1943. Age 30. Son of Lewin and Sarah Ann Lewis, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand. Row 5. Coll. grave 67-68.

MANSELL, Flight Sergeant (W.Op.), JOHN GEORGE HERBERT, 1191)925. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 10th July 1943. Age 37. Son of Joseph Thomas Mansell and Mary Ann Harriet Mansell; husband of Hilda Evelyn Mansell, of Poole, Dorsetshire. Row 3. Grave 40.

MIDDLETON, Flying Officer (Nav.), ALLAN JOHN, J/14502. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th August 1943. Age 21. Son of Ernest and Maude L. Middleton, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; husband of E G. Middleton. Row 5. Grave 62.

MORRISSY, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), HARRY, D F M, R/100533. 102 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 3rd December 1942. Row 1. Grave 7.

MORSE, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), WILLIE, 622725. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 10th July 1943. Row 3. Grave 42.

MacDONALD, Sergeant (Air Gnr), JAMES JENKINS, 1365713. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25th June 1943. Age 35. Son of William Fleming MacDonald and Agnes Brown MacDonald, of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Row 3. Grave 31.

McCALLUM, Sergeant (Air Gnr), THOMAS, 965300. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd December 1942. Age 22. Son of David and Julia McCallum; husband of Doris Maude McCallum, of Inverness. Row 1. Grave 4.

McCASKILL, Pilot Officer (Pilot), DONALD GORDON, 13573. 75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 15th April 1943. Age 19. Son of Gordon Milton McCaskill and Gwendolyn McCaskill, of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand. Row 2. Grave 27.

McGRATH, Flight Sergeant, THOMAS WILLIAM NEWPORT, 415268. Royal Australian Air Force. 28th August 1943. Age 29. Son of Thomas William and Katherine Mary McGrath, of Perth, Western Australia. Row 6. Grave 74.

McKENDRY, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), JOHN WILBUR, R/131929. 432 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Row 4. Grave 43.

McVICAR, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), ANGUS, 1371651. 75 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 15th April 1943. Age 20. Son of Donald and Margaret McVicar, of Dunbeath, Caithness-shire. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26.

OLDHAM, Flying Officer (Pilot), LAWRENCE PHILIP, 126832. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Age 20. Son of Harry Robert and Gladys Oldham, of Quinton. Birmingham. Row 3. Coll. grave 35-38.

PETERS, Flying Officer (Air Bomber), VICTOR CHARLES, 133705. 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th August 1943. Age 26. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Peters; nephew of Mr. U. W. Paviour, of West Chiltington, Sussex. Row 6. Grave 73.

PICKERING, Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.), CHARLES WILLIAM, R/105745. 405 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th August 1943. Age 25. Son of Raymond and Jennie Pickering; husband of Lillian Pickering, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Row 5. Grave 61.

PIKE, Flying Officer (Pilot), DONALD EDWARD, 120581. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd December 1942. Age 27. Son of John and Elsie Pike, of Bristol; husband of Dorothy M. Pike, of Bristol. Row 1. Grave 1.

POOLE, Sergeant (Air Bomber), FRANK PERCIVAL GEORGE, 1392927. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Row 5. Coll. grave 67-68.

PORTSMOUTH, Sergeant (Air Gnr), ROBERT JAMES, 1267082. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 19. Son of Francis Victor and Marjorie Portsmouth, of Sydenham, London. Row 5. Coll. grave 67-68.

REID, Flight Lieutenant (Air Bomber), JAMES, 125568. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 27. Son of Thomas and Flora Reid, of Edinburgh. Row 5. Grave 69.

ROBERTSON, Flying Officer (Nav.), ERNEST DREVER, J/10178. 428 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Row 4. Grave 52.

ROBSON, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), GEORGE ALLEN, 1002130. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd December 1942. Age 27. Son of George and Margaret Robson; husband of Barbara Robson. Row 1. Grave 5.

SAMMET, Pilot Officer (Pilot), JOHN HENRY, J/16941. 426 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 10th April 1943. Age 22. Son of Ernest and Winnie Sammet, of Naramata, British Columbia, Canada. Row 2. Grave 16.

SMITH, Sergeant (Air Gnr), RONALD ALEXANDER, 415378. 75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 15th April 1943. Age 22. Son of David Watson Smith and of Agnes Adelaide Smith (nee Doyle), of Lauriston, Canterbury, New Zealand. Row 2. Coll. grave 22-26.

SPRIGGS, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), GEORGE WILLIAM SIDNEY, 1193053. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 10th August 1943. Age 21. Son of William Sydney and Ivy Spriggs, of Braunstone, Leicester. Plot 5, Grave 59.

STEWART, Flight Sergeant (Nav.), ROBERT, R/133336. 432 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 34. Son of James and Mary Stewart, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Row 4. Joint grave 46-47.

STEWART, Flying Officer (Nav.), WALTER FERGUSON, J/16779. 428 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Row 4. Grave 53.

TAYLOR, Sergeant (Air Gnr), JOHN WILLIAM, 1390639. 102 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd December 1942. Age 21. Son of John William and Mary Taylor; husband of Doris Anne Taylor, of Holloway, London. Row 1. Grave 8.

WARD, Flying Officer (Air Gnr.), HAROLD BRAMLEY, J/11359. 428 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 26. Son of Alfred Harold Ward and of Winifred Ward (nee Bramley), husband of Ida Orbell Ward, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. Row 4. Grave 49.

WEEKS, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot), WILLIAM GEORGE, J/15549. 428 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Age 25. Son of Charles Dufferin Weeks and Cora Weeks, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; husband of Elsie Louise Weeks, of Medicine Hat. Row 4. Grave 48

WELLER, Sergeant (Nav.), DOUGLAS ARTHUR WALLACE, 1487005. 426 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 10th April 1943. Age 21. Son of Stanley Wallace Weller and Gladys Louise Weller, of Graffham, Sussex. Row 2. Coll. grave 17-20.

WILKINS, Sergeant (Air Bomber), PERCY ERIC, 1231499. 103 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th July 1943. Row 3. Grave 34.

WORSNOP, Flying Officer (Nav.), FRED, 142320. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 11th August 1943. Age 22. Son of Fred and Clara Amelia Worsnop, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Row 5. Grave 71.

YATES, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), DAVID BENNETT, 1510347. 158 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th February 1943. Age 21. Son of Harry and Hilda Yates, of Buxton, Derbyshire. Row 1. Grave 10.

ZAYETS, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.), STEPHEN, R/56703. 428 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force. 14th July 1943. Row 4. Grave 51.

 

Beelden: © Steven Volckaerts, 13/08/2006
Datum registratie:
20/08/2006
Locatie:
Commonwealth-perk op de Gemeentelijke begraafplaats van Florennes
Adres:
Begraafplaats, Rue Baudry 26, Florennes
Lengtegraad:
4°36’36.2″E
Breedtegraad:
50°15’07.2″N

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